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Diver spots ‘large’-eyed sea creature lurking in cave — and discovers new species

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Scientist Karl Wittmann spent over a decade scuba diving at islands off the northwestern coast of Africa in search of unfamiliar-looking shrimp.

Canary Islands mysid shrimp measure less than a quarter of an inch long.

They have “stout” bodies, and their “bent” tails have several “thin, needle-like” spines on the end.